Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 21,884, John Fenton, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Fenton, John
99. 21 884.
CONTENTS

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all Rev and
RECEIVED
No. 21.884
, Ex'r.
OLD WAR INVALID.
John Fenton of Ind a P.O. Pri, Capt Arbuckle, Va Troops
Service :
Enlisted : , 18
Discharged : , 18
Application filed : , 18
Alleges :
Re-enlisted :
Attorney :
P. O.

John Fenton Capt Arbuckle Virginia Line 1775 to 1776 No 530 -
The time of entering the service, & the Reg t & Line must be stated in the declarations. was it in '75 or '76 - which? -
The deposition of two credible & disinterested witnesses to prove the services of the Applicant only to be taken & authenticated on the cert: of an officer of the Reg t has required.
Place of residence & citizenship must also be stated.
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The State of Indiana Switzerland County ss
Be it remembered that on the 12th day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me James McShane one of the Associate judges of the circuit court in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared John Fenton aged about twenty four years, who after being duly sworn according to law (in order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War) doth and did depose and say that he entered in to the army raised to obtain and defend American Liberty and Independence in the spring of the year 1775 or 1776 of all of this Deponent knoweth no more, under oath tain Mathew Arbuckle on Green Briar river in the State of Virginia and was Marched from thence under the command of said Captain Arbuckle to Pittsburgh and there inspected by Col. Nevil. and from thence descended the Ohio river to the mouth of great Kanawha and there served under the said Captain Arbuckle for term of one year for which he had enlisted and was then discharged by the said Captain Arbuckle. And this Deponent further saith he never received any Pension from the United States by any Act of Congress to his knowledge and if any should exist he hereby releases & relinquishes the same to the United States. And finally that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country and further saith not
John Fenton
Sworn to and Subscribed Before me this 12th day of August 1818 James McShane Judge S. C. Indiana

The State of Indiana Switzerland County ss
I James M. Plaire do hereby certify that John Henton the within deponent has made it appear to my satisfaction that he ser- ved nine months and upwards in the Revolu- tionary War and that from my own knowledge as well as from his deposition of his reduced cir- cumstances, he needs the assistance of his county for support. Given under my hand and seal this 12th day of August 1818
James M. Plaire Judge S.C.C. Indiana
State of Indiana Switzerland County ss
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18. Senate 10 Cong 1st Sess
Petition of Richard Butler & others, praying pensions.
1820 Feb. 1 st Read Refs to Com ee on Pensions.
James M c Rea Ingraham Andrews Henry Paton Petition from Virginia

Barnard his mark Warden.
Sam l  his mark Baley
William mark of White
John his mark Terton
16 Jan y 32 1602
William of St. Barnard and Richard Bull. Burying Machine

To the Honorable Senate and House of representatives of the United States, in congress assembled
The petition of the undersigned, citizens of the United States and residents of Switzerland county, in the state of Indiana, Respectfully sheweth
That your petitioners served in the army of the revolution, raised to obtain and defend American liberty and independence, for the term of nine months and upwards each; but, in answer to application made to the Honorable Secretary of War for the benefit of the act of Congress, of March 18, 1818, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," are informed that the troops to which they were attached did not belong to the Continental establishment, and their application was consequently rejected.
Your petitioners, therefore humbly request your Honorable body to take their cases into your consideration, and that you will grant them such relief as may seem most advisable and, in duty bound so to do, they will ever pray. &c. &c.
Salomon Burnett Richard his Butler Mark

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Fenton, Jonathan GRADE Private LINE Lamb's Artillery (Jotham)  (New York)
Original entry
WARRANT NUMBER 7139 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 23, 1790 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.